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Ping if you endorse the activity. we dont know all of the facts but we know seems damming for the saudis and so i think the united states has to be careful in thinking about how we approach this. its not just about arms sells. this is about where does the u.s. stand relative to other countries around the rest of the world and if we take a leadership position, what does that mean? >> can i ask about the crowned prince who has been seen in someways as a reformer and who has a very close relationsh...

Headed where? >> well, we didnt know exactly. it was possible that -- that he would return the next day. so, we kind of put our plans on hold, hoping that he would return to his residence and we would effect his arrest at his residence. >> reporter: fortunately, two fbi agents whod been working with the task force were closer to illinois. they eventually found garcia at a hotel off the interstate. >> our hope was that in the morning he would get up and go home, and we could grab him there. but t...

>> we have a 5-year plan. we have figured out what is going to happen in 2023. in beijing they are thinking what is the 200 your future of china and this gets to the south china sea. >> how do we feel? >> china is the number one strategic threat to our national security and they are very bold both economically and militarily. in spite of pings pronouncement to the contrary of the rose garden in 2015 china has proceeded to militarize the south china sea. a military base, mounting massive espionag...

Enforcing them. >> we lack a united front and i would add south korea to that mix. they are talking economic relationships with north korea that are not helpful now. china has 90% of their trade and using the leverage to induce kim jong un to come to the negotiating table and eliminating sanctions for denuclearization. russia and china would like to reduce or eliminate our military in the peninsula. shannon: and kim is doing that as well. >> he met with ping before the senate and lavrov at a sum...

Foreigners who are in jail into again this is a clear that this would would would people call hostage diplomacy so add on sales people to get something for it and that is of course unacceptable in international relations and unacceptable for a country that claims to be a democracy so this is something which germany has to oppose the red carpet quest. i dont know if it necessarily has to be a red carpet i dont know if it had to be a state was it or if i were working with it that would have been a...

That has been the case in the in the past would have been enough i would say yes i dont necessarily think it has to be a state with with it with a red carpet but in any case i think there is no other way then in doing these kind of things talking to those kind of people i mean advice not the only autocrat out there is putin who is far worse than ever and you have you have seen ping in china you have now donald trump i mean if you start only talking to democrats will be alone at the table very so...

Time weve seen a political party banned in hong kong i mean what does. tell us about the state of democracy or the state of hong kongs freedoms now and shows us that these freedoms only exist within very strictly defined boundaries and these boundaries these spaces are shrinking and the beijing government is making it very clear what is within this space and what is outside and apology calling for independence of hong kong that is far outside it is anything that beijing is going to allow his the...

Goods with extra duties and this is the latest escalation in a bitter trade dispute thats rattled financial markets so far neither side has signaled a willingness to compromise. workers in a chinese factory making flags and banners for donald trumps reelection campaign in two thousand and twenty if you want an idea of the irony and complexity of the trade dispute between the worlds two biggest economies here it is in a nutshell. they just use has escalated dramatically since this meeting between...

Tariffs have kicked in for two hundred billion dollars worth of chinese products beijing retaliating targeting sixty billion dollars worth of u.s. goods with extra duties. workers in a chinese factory making flags on banners for donald trumps reelection campaign in twenty twenty if you want an idea of the irony and complexity of the trade dispute between the worlds two biggest economies here it is in a nutshell. the dispute has escalated dramatically since this meeting between the american presi...

Reasonable i mean are you are you know are you surprised by this party being banned or do you think ok they should have seen it coming i think twenty one years ago we would have been surprised looking at how china has developed and huge in ping this is not a surprise we had the berlin movement in two thousand and fourteen occupy central and ever since then the beijing government has been very wary of any protest in hong kong and theyve been very aware that young people are very frustrated about ...